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lottery history. >> odds are 175 million to one. >> you have zero chance of winning if you don't buy a ticket. two dollars. susan rice met face to face with her biggest critics concerning the deadly terror attack in libya. >> she said she was providing flawed talking points provided by the intelligence community. >> the concerns i have are greater today than they were before and we haven't even gotten the basic answers. protesters demand an end to mohamed morsi's seizure of absolute power. american civil liberties union is suing the pentagon to remove all restrictions on women in battle, calling the current strate strategy discriminatory. >> you're one of 12 kids, is that right? >> i'm one of 11 kids. >> well, you're probably catholic, right? we're just hillbillys. reportedly lost his job over

the map app. premiere of "the hobbit" is getting under way. new z new zealand has unveiled a hobbit-themed airplane. of course, real hobbit fans only fly virgin. welcome to "cbs this morning." we're in washington where lawmakers have just 34 days left to reach a deal before the a potentiaff deadline. that ning funded by cbs confidence is slowly starting to fade away and major is with us major garret is with us in the studio. what's happening? >> americans might say, look, it feels like time is running out. they would be correct. nal republicwhite house and ote mostional republicans say they'll devote most if not all of this week, and things are slowing down and we're looking

at a potential fiscal cliff stalemate. >> desmight republicans to put higher tax revenue from the wealthy on the table, democrats are scoffing. he they talked happy talk about are skofg.t we only have a auple of weeks to get something ouple of we have to get away from the happy talk and start talking aout specific things. dent obama hasbama has no new witht talks scheduled with congressional leaders but will cong phila suburban philadelphia aiday to press for an immediate bushto extend bush era tax cuts for m ers.blicans call that agningless electioneering. >> we congratulate him on his re-election. we don't know if he has enough todership qualities to push democrats. >> cost savings to health care aregrams like medicare and medicaid. everyry dollar that's ever been secured for anything is sacred. to they'll defend it to the wath, regardless of what it

means for jobs or the economy. > a tough white house ally, nglinois senator dick durbin argued against using fiscal cliff pressures to scale back paidare and medicaid benefits. >> these are people that have paid in over a lifetime into protectecurity and medicare and fully expect the protection bech they've invested in to be that'snd it has to be there. republicans anyblicans are demanding in any fiscal cliff deal. o raisew never to raise taxes on the w o entitlement programs now gobbling up more than 60% of annual federal spending. that means the white house to dough if i liberal democrats or >> the p enrage republicans. ted to thesident is very committed to the proposition itht we can deal with these challenges if we come together oach.dopt a balanced approach. >> i may sound glib what i'm about to say but this white house is really serious about an issuewhen it goes to twitter. anew white house hash tag on preserving the middle class tax

preserving. that's $2,000, average amount that taxes would rise if the bush era texas cuts are not ttended. eek white house plans to hammer its issue all week, believing it will increase its leverage later if it happens when tax cut talks get serious. one possible idea to raise revenue is hitting millions of americans very close to home. congress has refused until now to touch the very popular mortgage interest deduction. millions of americans count on iscal cliffar. ath the fiscal cliff looming it has come up now for discussion. a look at how that could affect home values and your taxes. ing. morning. >> good morning to you, norah. families tak one the mortgage interest eduction on their taxes each .ear. those families see an average how it n of about $2,000.

so here is how it currently works. families making less than $40,000 a year see a tax savings of about $100. families making between $40,000 ave $75,000 save $542. weenlies earning between $75,000 and $250,000 see a tax savings ytween $1,200 and $2,600 a year than e highest earners making more than $250,000 see an average savings of about $5,400. to raise more revenue, congress newonsidering multiple new plans. pl administratiministration's plan, thamily making more than $250,000 would see their 28%uction cap at 28% rather than fhe current rate of 35%. ter the next ten years, that rould lower -- rather increase federal tax revenue by nearly $600 billion. critics argue that lowering the cap would hurt home values, the cularly along the coast here the prices are the highest, and just as they're beginning to rebound.

tsody's chief economist mark zandi says he expects that the economy would benefit ultimately eventhe measure, even though slightlyes would grow slightly less. >> rebecca ja u.rah and charlie? >> rebecca jarvis, thank you. susan rice met with some of her republican critics. fter that meeting there are ecretary of rice's future as the secretary of state nominee. na charlie, ges is on capitol hill. good morning. >> reporter: charlie, good orning to you. emambassador rice told a trio of epublican senators that she regrets the talking points she was working off of when she went on those sunday talk shows were flawed. info she was simply working off the at the ormation that the thtelligence community had at buyinme. they weren't buying it. they said she was privy to ormation t information that was telling a much different story. >> ambassador rice, what do you ay to republicans today? >> reporter: if ambassador rice was hoping to appease her oming toby coming to capitol

to face itet them face to face, it didn't work. cantly troubleificantly troubled by many of the answers that we t getnd some that we didn't get. that l i can say is that the oncerns i have are greater today than they were before. thewe're not even close to ter: critie basic answers. fiveeir criticism centers around rice's comments five days shows shebenghazi attacks. on several sunday talk shows she said the assault appeared to be spontaneous and not that untr later proved to be untrue. yesterdatement after yesterday's meeting rice said while we certainly wish that we had had ation just drmation just days fter the terrorist attack, the intelligence assessment has evolved. an afternoon meeting with independent senator joe ng werman went far better. >> i felt that she was telling me the truth, the whole truth ugh nothing but the truth. >> reporter: but that may not be good enough in the senate where a single member can stall a nominee's confirmation. >> at this point it's ambassador

rice is nominated to be secretary of state, will you put nominatin that nomination? quehere are still questions ed.t need to be answered. 's reporter: does that mean e'llll put a hold -- >> yes, there are still additional questions we have. >> reporter: the white house tsists she has shared all that she can. >> i'll simply say there are no unanswered questions about ambassador rice's appearance on sunday shows. >> reporter: rice's republican critics dispute that and say there are still plenty of questions about what happened in benghazi and why the administration said what it did in the days after the attack. rice herself is back here on ndpitol hill this morning, meet ing with two more republican senators. norah and charlie? >> nancy cordes, cbs news erson is director john .ickerson is here. good morning. n> good morning, charlie. t what questions does the administration have to answer to >> satisfy the republican critics? > it's a good question. n a sense the administration feels they can never be

stringing satisfied, that they're thatging this out. hat's happened is that they want questions answered. the cri critics of rice are no longer longer targeting rice for herself. targetingrgeting rice as a oroxy for the administration and y what ty what they want is what was the deal with security in benghazi? these calls for security at the oment when it was happening. who was in charge of security at of moment and also in the ftermath of the attack? differentcame out in different pieces. sas this the result of an effort to massage the story because we were in an election year or was alexandt the fog of the moment? >> that's great but ambassador rice was at the united nations, moment not at the state department. those questions should probably fall to the secretary of state go the secretary of state is undergoing an internal review, tary of state very tough on their handling of it a lot of eople are saying. hat are these republican arnators doing? susane not going as far as lock g they're going to put a dold on ambassador rice and that. her. >> mccain has suggested that.

hat but ayotte has not. this reminds you of, say, jesse helms who once put a blanket hold on all clinton ambassadors, on all 400 people at one point, because he wanted attention paid. senator shelby put a hold on tions from tfrom the obama administration based on a tanker senators say on thes say i'm going to put a hold to bang on the table. timee they serious about it, f thatg a hold on her nomination if that nomination comes? >> >> i thenk if they don't get the answers, they will. if they don't get the answers isy want. the question is whether they can get the answers. >> the president is off on a the pr trip trying to sell the ideas he wants. >> tax rates will go up for the wealthy and republicans say we voteever going to vote for thy.hing where tax rates will go cole, the wealthy. but congressman cole is a ed in acan in the house who has uggested a report in politico

that maybe republicans should wy, okay, we'll let rates go up for the wealthy temporarily as part of a two-part deal. nd'll let those rates go up at his argu have comprehensive tax reform. basically give in on this, knock the legs out of the president's argument, which is republicans are so ideologically fixed on onis. that's interesting because, a, it's in the house. and, b, tess a political if we give in on this question i taxes now, it gives us leverage in the coming debate the ebout tax reform. ignificant a significant development. there's a you have what suggests a movement by the house republicans to go ahead and what is the white house plan, which a t two-part deal. theect the middle class, those eho make $250,000. do that, leave the question of the wealthiest taxes and tax hiestm to something later which taxesmore time. if boehner and tea party epublicans move on that, that auld be a significant development.

-taxt? >> think about it. two years ago, anti-tax tea party voters gave republicans gaveol of the house on the tax epestion. now two years later, republicans of the rse going to vote for a tax please? that would be a significant aange. again, the idea is that they tax allow a tax increase icause it would help them in negotiations later when rates negoti might come down. art2013 as part of a omprehensivee tax deal. even the white house is okay with rates coming down if there is -- if the tax code is changed. >> john dickerson, thank you so much. a group of military women is uing the pentagon this morning, trying to overturn the ban on women in combat. the lawsuit is the second one this year. targeting the 1994 rules preventing women from serving i fromd bat units. tour women say it limits their ability to be promoted and anyone deployed to a war zone thes danger. >> modern battlefield means liness no front lines and areas.s no safe areas. every time a woman or any service member steps foot into n they arfghanistan, they are serving in a combat zone. >> my gender has never been a

factor in accomplishing my unit's mission and it should not be a factor when selecting personnel to serve in combat enles. >> women make up 14% of active military personnel and the pentagon says more than 144 wo iraq have been killed in iraq nd afghanistan. eother 860 have been wounded. in egypt, new protests this morning against president mohamed morsi, following the monstrationsnstrations yet on tuesday. ens of thousands gathered in tahrir square, demanding that he demanding hdrawnce his administration's giving him broad new powers. > reporter: things are much calmer here today. yesterday in cairo, we saw scenes that were strikingly reminiscent of the egyptian revolution of nearly two years ago. tahrir square, the birthplace of the revolution, once again was carpeted by protesters.

chanting the same slogan. eople want the downfall of the regime. this time, the target of their anger was egypt's first ctedcratically elected president, mohamed morsi, who they accuse of behaving like a f phara pharaoh. who want everybody who believes ing toedom of speech and freedom get today and never get back home until they release -- ntations br: violent police.rations between protesters and police. it was mostly a peaceful demonstration by people who say they will keep protesting until president morsi gives up his sweeping new powers. mohammed amer, a retired teacher, now says things are worse under morsi than they were

the democr under the previous regime. it means that the president can become a dictator. presiden president morsi is not backing down. his opponents are also de determined. keepsay they will keep until tng until the president powers.p his new powers. that leaves egypt with a stalem stalemate and some big decisions charlie, charlie, norah? >> holly williams, thank you. f>> the powerball jackpot has grown to half a billion dollars, the se he second largest in lottery anstory. ct jackpot could go up again. officials predict 6.3 million tickets an hour will be sold to even so, officials say there's nly a 60% chance of a grand prize winner tonight. here is a look at the lottery onne at a gas station in hinsdale, illinois. we'll take you there in our next half hour. and two jackpot winners, how their good luck has changed their lives. >> hope springs eternal, doesn't their liver

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the "l.a. times" put it this way this morning. almost everything else in the universe is more likely than winning a powerball. half a billion dollars is up for grabs tonight so they are selling more than 1700 tickets a second right now. >> we'll show you why this giant jackpot is no accident and what to do if you get all six numbers. all six numbers. that's on cbs "this morning." your local news is next. >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald hi,everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. 7:26 your time. get you caught up with some bay area headlines right now. it's wet out there just like lawrence promised. a lot of rain and wind hitting

the bay area overnight. probably the biggest weather problem is over at sfo. some arrivals are delayed by more than three hours. so if you have people coming in, you might want to make a phone call to your carrier. san francisco police are looking for three people who ran away after their car hit three parked cars and muni bus and their car rolled over last night at prague and russia avenue. protestors chained themselves to doors in a building at uc-berkeley last night left. the demonstration was to call attention to the low number of students of color at cal and chancellor's pay raise. traffic and more on the wet weather coming right up. stay right there. ,,,,,,,,

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roads. check out our camera at the bay bridge. there are wind advisories at the bay bridge and other bridges. very windy. >> whipping around outside now. storm clouds moving in and more to come. outside right now the winds really picking up as the cold front sliding on through. we have seen some gusts over 50 miles per hour in half moon bay. yeah, those winds whipping inside the bay, as well. hi-def doppler radar showing you all the rain outside a stronger line off the coastline maybe thunderstorms embedded there. lots of rain like this throughout the morning. ,,,,,,

we're one of the eight states that doesn't participate in the powerball drawing but there's still way you can take part. our park lot security guard put together this instructional video. >> okay. first, what's your favorite

numbers? and then get your numbers and some money and put them in the garbage >> that's funny. that was great. >> it is very funny. welcome to cbs "this morning" from washington. lottery players around the country are hoping to strike it rich. the biggest powerball prize ever and the second largest lottery jackpot in history. as we mentioned it stands at half a billion dollars. >> that pot could get sweeter nationwide. and the more tickets people buy the more the jackpot will go up.

the odds of winning tonight's jackpot just one in 175 million. but that isn't stopping players from trying their luck. >> 500 million. >> this is the winning ticket. >> reporter: from new york to arizona people stood in line tuesday after the jackpot soared to $500 million. the historic prize is part of a plan lottery officials put in place earlier this year including doubling the ticket price to $2 in order to boost jackpots faster. >> sales across the country are just booming. >> reporter: by the time of the drawing lottery officials estimate americans would have purchased more than a billion dollars in powerball tickets. only 60% of the possible winning combinations have been sold. >> so does that mean there will be a winner? i don't know. we'll have to wait and see.

that's not a high number when it comes to drawings like this. >> brian and mary know what it's like to hit it big. >> i'm proud to introduce iowa's newest millionaires. >> they won $202 million in powerball two months ago. >> everybody wants to win but did you actually think you could win? >> no. >> in fact, it was a single winner i think even makes it more astounding and mind-boggling. >> mind bog log because mary only bought that ticket as an after thought at a local gas station. before that she and her husband were just trying to make ends meet for their three children. >> we faced foreclosure. we got a letter about them picking up the car. and frankly right before winning the lottery. >> reporter: the couple immediately got a lawyer and financial advisors. then something happened that they didn't expect. they got dozens of letters from

complete strangers asking for help. >> like this one. if you could make an individual donation via check for the amount of $500,000 that would be very generous. >> reporter: the couple hasn't answered those letters but have shared their fortune with the community. for now the family is still just trying to get over the shock of going from middle class to millionaires. when you're going to bed at night do you still have that moment of is it real? >> yeah. >> i think we both at some point in the middle of th $327

million before taxes. charlie and norah. >> manuel bojorquez, thank you. if you do win the big prize, cbs news legal analyst jack ford has some free advice. >> never free, charlie, you know that. >> he's a lawyer. >> these people first thing they did was call a lawyer. is that good advice? >> it is. you want to make sure you got a team surrounding you. we heard about them putting together a financial team, a legal team. at this point, guys, can you afford to bring in some people who can provide you with some good advice. just because somebody says my next door neighbor's brother-in-law is a lawyer you should talk to him. make sure you fine yourself a good lawyer, good financial analyst and take their advice very early on. >> your advice is to wait a while before you claim the prize, to get some people in place around you, a lawyer, a financial team, et cetera. >> it's a good idea. you got to do a couple of

things. first thing do you is sign the ticket when it shows up here. the reason is it's the ticket that's the winner. you want to make sure that there's no question. there's a lot of people that would love to get their hands on that ticket. sign it, put it in a safe place. the safe place is not a shoe box in your closet. get to your local bank. bust take some time to settle in. get your team in place, make sure you know what's going on here, get the advice. you don't have to run out and tell everybody because what you'll get, everybody in the world will be after you saying hey why don't you share some of your wealth with us. take some time and get things sorted out with the team. >> the most complicated thing is when a group buys a ticket or set of tickets which a lot of offices do, people in a church group. what do you do? that can become a messy situation. >> we've seen those situations. everything is fine with your gang when you're all chipping in money and throwing in a pool.

it's fine until it isn't. usually when it isn't because you hit that lottery and the one person who had played for all the other weeks wasn't at work and didn't throw their two bucks into the pool. make sure everybody agrees what you're doing. even if you write something on a napkin in the cafeteria at work the five of us are part of the deal, somebody else will cover. always a better idea to anticipate how you would ahandl this wonderful news. >> and save your napkin. >> and frame that napkin as a matter of fact. >> jack ford thank you. we'll call this news you can't use. most people will not win. our next story may get you off the couch. we'll show you how a suspected cancer causing chemical could be in millions of sofas across america. you're watching cbs "this morning".

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>> if you bought a sofa in the past seven years there are serious new questions this morning about how safe it is. a duke university study released today focus on flame retardant chemicals used in those couches. as michelle miller reports those chemicals could affect your health. >> reporter: the survey tested over 100 koumps made between 1998 and 2010. first research that includes sofas made after 2005. the year a previous flame retardant chemical was banned due to health concerns. there's only one problem. the study found the main chemical now used, chlorinated tris or tdcpp is harmful as well. >> it's listed as a possible carcinogen which means animals

that have been exposed have grown tumors. it's been shown to affect sperm quality. >> reporter: julie herbstman is an environmental health professor at columbia university. she says the public should be concerned because tdcpp was banned in the 1970s from children's pajamas. >> when children wore these pajamas that were treated with tdcpp, they absorbed it through their skin and they excreated mutagens. this was then and the out of baby's pajamas and we forgot about it. >>,000 they lay on it in the middle of the day, exposing them to carcinogens. >> that's right. >> why would manufacturers use a chemical that was banned from kids clothing 30 years ago. >> tdcpp was removed from pajamas voluntarily in response to courtroom demand and in an

abundance ever caution. >> anne kolton works for the american chemical council, it represents flame retardant chemical makers. she said the public has nothing to worry about. >> first the public should know that tdcpp is in furniture and other products in the home. second they should know tdcpp has been found safe at levels that people are exposed to

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>> what is original reporting. finding your own facts. telling the story no one else will. it's what we do at cbs news every sunday and every day of the week. but, hey, it's not like we invented original reporting on television. wait. yes, we did. >> this the bay area this morning. here's the scene a bit earl, in san anselmo. the wind and rain are n good morning. it's 7:56. i'm michelle griego of a healthy sized storm is hitting the bay area this morning. here's the scene a bit earlier

in san anselmo. the wind and the rain are not causing any major problems at this point. but it's the first of several storms forecast to come this way and take a look at that hi- def doppler. the weather is causing longer- than-normal delays at the san francisco airport more than three hours in some cases. a san jose school bus driver saved a disabled student's life after the bus burst into flames. a passerby shot a photo of the bus near sylvandale middle school. the only child aboard was strapped into an electric wheelchair. the driver, wilma acosta, unbuckled the student and carried her to safety. >> stay with us. we'll be right back. ,,,,

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reports near 101 and sir francis drake. all mass transit is on time. here's lawrence with the latest. >> yeah, boy, what a start to the day. you will see a lot of rain showing up around the bay area now. spots with heavy rainfall and strong gusty winds as you look toward the bay. look at the palm trees whipping out there now. more rain on the way. look at the line off the coastline a strong line of storms going to be pushing onshore probably within the next hour or show. you're seeing plenty of pockets of moderate to heavy rainfall right now and more to come through the morning. ,,,,,,,,

♪ it is 8:00 a.m. welcome back to "cbs this morning" as the number of women in congress hit the new high, house republican leaders choose new committee chair men.

we'll ask amy klobuchar if congress is really changing. straight talk from justice scalia about the most controversial rulings. first here is the "eye opener" at 8:00. >> we already know the president is a good campaigner. what we don't know is if he has the leadership skills necessary to lead to a bipartisan agreement. >> lawmakers have 30 days left to reach a deal before the fiscal cliff deadline. >> anybody looking at the threat coming out of geng gaz zi, libya, this was an al qaeda storm in the making. >> are they serious about it this time, putting a hold on her nomination if that nomination comes? >> if they don't get the answers they want, they will. >> the powerball jackpot has grown to $500,000.

>> lottery officials estimate 105,000 tickets are being sold every minute nationwide. the more tickets people buy, the more jackpot will go up. >> if you do win the big prize, cbs news legal analyst jack ford has some free advice. >> nothing is ever free, charlie. >> almost anything else in the universe is more likely than winning a powerball. >> starbucks has just introduced its most expensive cup of coffee ever, priced at $7.00 a cup, you're also paying for the ambiance of a homeless guy taking a shower in the bathroom. >> announcer: the "eye opener" at 8:00 is brought to you by the aarp. i'm charlie rose with norah o'donnell in washington. gayle king is off. here in the capital, hopes of a compromise to ave. voir dire the fiscal cliff are beginning to fade this morning. >> the divide on issues like raising taxes and cutting taxes

seems to be as wide as ever. major garrett is in washington. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, charlie and norah. over a month to go before taxes increase for everyone and deep spending cuts begin to bite. in washington there's still time for posturing and positions. no direct talks are scheduled or contemplated between president obama and tough congressional republicans. instead there will be white house meetings and appeals on twitter to preserve middle income tax cuts, worth on average about $2,000. that white house hash tag is my2k if you're interested. they say it will keep the recovery going. on his part president obama travels to a tinker toy factory outside of philadelphia on friday. to link tax cuts to consumer spending. tinker toys. hmm. some americans might see that as more than a white house backdrop.

one other quick note, tom cole, a leading republican in the house in oklahoma told politico yesterday that the republicans should give in to the white house demands and quickly pass those middle class tax cuts. but house republican leadership sources tell me that cole was speaking only for himself, completely freelancing, but he is speaking for more republicans in the house, this could be a breakthrough. guys? >> with us is democratic senator amy klobuchar. great to see you. >> great to be on, thank you. >> what do you think, is this posturing on the physical cliff? is there real work going on? >> i wouldn't be surprised this is going on. people are going to stake out positions. i think the most significant thing is you're starting to see a number of major republicans just mentioned. also saxby chambliss, lindsey graham, others saying i will be willing to look at revenues in addition to spending cuts. that's what we need for a compromise.

that's what the president has been pushing for and a number of us that want to legitimately bring down the debt. we'll have to see mix of significant spending cuts as well as revenue. the way to get a big chunk of revenue is to look at the plan that the representative mentioned which is extending the middle class tax cuts, $250,000 and below. this you then save $700 billion in ten years. you add that to the spending cuts, close loopholes and subsidies and could get to the number of $4 trillion. >> republicans say you can also get that number by capping deductions and closing loopholes above about $50,000. >> i don't think you see anyone saying it has to be one plan. warren buffett put one out this week as a way to bring in the revenue. >> a minimum tax on the wealthy. >> right. people are open to different plans. that's the most important thing. you haven't seen people say, it's my way or no other way. that's not what happened. >> it seems the president says you have to get there by rates.

>> if you need the significant revenue, i believe you have to do something with rates. let's let everyone put their proposals out. we want to do something significant, not just pretend that people are doing it. >> how much is this posturing -- people who are involved in this seem to say i think we'll get the deal. is that what you think? if so, when? >> oi think first of all the election demanded such a deal. you look at the candidates that lost, we're adhering to rigid ideologies, while the balance of power didn't change in washington, there was a message from the people of this country that they wanted to see a different tone, wanted to see people who were willing to stand next to someone that they didn't always agree with for the betterment of this country. you look at the last year in the senate, the slightly overlooked fact is a number of bill haves come through with 62 to 75 senators supporting them. the farm bill, people are willing to make compromise, march through amendments, take tough votes.

violence against women, aviation bill. many of these bills went through to become law. >> we also saw a record number of women elected, 20 female senators out of 100. still not on par with the population. >> but enough to cause a traffic jam in the women's senate bathroom. that was the biggest thing. >> men have more bathrooms? >> they have a bigger one. >> why aren't there more women in the united states senate and why does it matter. >> first of all, it matters. you want to represent the country and you want elected officials that are representative of the country. but it matters in a much bigger way, especially now when you see this in washington, and that's that women tend to be problem solvers. we work together. a number of those bills i mentioned were led by women senators. susan collins led the postal reform bill. that passed in the senate. debby sav know, patty murray, barbara boxer that went through,

working with men and women from the other side. >> you think if there were more women, more would get do? >> i believe that, yes. >> because they are what? >> they are problem solvers. someone who studied women candidates said women candidates speak softly and carry a big statistic. i don't believe they speak softly, but they do carry a big statistic in that the

we've heard for years that some day robots will help us with our everyday chores. it looks as though the future is here. wheel show you the robot that can fold your clothes and more importantly get you a beer, next on "cbs this morning." >> this portion of cbs "this morning" is sponsored by aarp. fighting to keep medicare and social security strong for generations to come.

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robots that may be red i do change all that. as john blackstone reports, that high-tech break through could also change us. >> it shoots pool, bakes cookies from scratch and maybe most importantly, can fetch and open a beer. it's the most advanced personal rebot in a galaxy that isn't quite so far, far away. >> this robot can do things that people can do. >> this real world robot is called the pr 2. it's the creation of silicone valley's willow garage where ceo steve cousins is working to spawn a new industry in personal robots. >> think about rosie from the jetson's but maybe without the attitude. >> i may be homely, buster, but i'm s-m-a-r-t smart. >> is that realistic? >> rosie is a cartoon. the idea you can have a robotic device that can move around in a human space and do things for us

is real. that's actually happening. >> something from the bar, sir? >> reporter: while fantasies of robotic maids may be a dream, the field of robotics is progressing rapidly. the pr2 is at the center of that progress. >> we created an open source software platform that's what windows is to the pc. everyone is sharing software and we can make progress to this future. >> each robotics researcher had to build their own robot from scratch before they could even begin experimenting. >> you spent so much time building and maintain that contraption that your research would be really sloed down. >> pieterabbeel got one of the 11 pr 2s to speed the evolution of artificial intelligence. abbeel decided to teach his robot to fold laundry.

>> the big challenge is how to make robots deal with variability. whenever things change around the robot, he needs to understand what it is that has changed and how to act on it. any time you present a towel of laundry, it's going to being different. the more variability, the harder the task will be. >> reporter: to be of practical use in the home, robots need to figure out a changing world around them. to do that the pr2 is loaded with sensors that reveal its surroundings in 3d. it knows i'm here and sees me in detail. but while seeing is one step, understanding is another. >> are you enjoying the party? >> i'm functioning normally. >> as am i. >> reporter: at the forefront of robotic help will be aid for senior citizens as in the recent film "robot and frank." >> you're starting to grow on me. >> thank you, frank. it's time for your enema. >> if it can program a way for machines to learn, it can have much more capabilities after

awhile. >> you don't have to program everything the machine does. you teach the machine to think by itself. >> exactly. we want to allow the machine to watch people do things and learn from that and kind of fumble around with things and after awhile realize, oh, this is how this works. >> you take good care of master luke. >> reporter: since its inception, the robot has been envisioned as a helpful friend and one that became dangerous to its human inventors. >> you're experiencing a car accident. >> do we have to worry about robots taking over the world? >> they have no intention of taking over the world unless someone programs the robot to say what you're supposed to do is kill all humans. >> there are evil people. >> even if they did. the robots kill off humans, it doesn't have anything to do next.

i should. >> the $400,000 price tag is a bit steep. still with robotics advancing quickly, a future free of household chores may one day be priceless. for "cbs this morning," john blackstone, san francisco. >> this is an interesting phenomenon. they've been talking about robots and all the things they can do for a long time. it seems to have taken a big step and the technology is there to make it much more effective and have much more impact than ever before. >> it's incredible. >> think about all the things you'd like for robots to start doing for you. >> exactly. i love that it can get you a beer. >> like a big move to new york, they would take care of it. >> exactly. you had a big interview here in washington. >> i did, justin anton anyone scalia has a reputation of being the supreme court's most conservative member, also maybe the most outspoken. we'll get his opinion on

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prince william and katherine are getting a big well come in cambridge, england, this morning. last year on their wedding day they became the duke and duchess

of cambridge. this is their first official visit to the city. in fact, the duchess said she has never been there. they'll meet students from cambridge university, visit a hospital and the prince is giving a big speech there. >> welcome back. as long as we're having e-mail, people have predicted trouble for the u.s. postal service, now there's talk it could go broke in less than a year. >> this morning we'll ask the postmaster general of the united states if the post office can survive and how it may affect you. your local news is next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

city are working to shore up the hillside that collapsed good morning. it's 8:25. time for some news headlines. crews in daly city are working to shore up the hillside that collapsed two weeks ago. they are using hay and mesh covering to try to keep more

mud and debris from sliding down the hill. a broken water main caused the mud slide earlier this month. >> and mother nature's punch of rain and wind may cause problems for morning commuters. chp says the combo of wind and rain is dangerous, especially with the amount of cars on the road. officers say it's best to drive like you're in fog or icy conditions and that means slow. >> san francisco international airport has a new plan to get things moving in the middle of severe weather. when the skies are clear, airplanes at sfo often land at a time on parallel runways but when visibility is poor, one plane lands at a time. well, starting next summer, planes will be allowed to land in a staggered fashion on both runways. stay with us, traffic and weather coming right up. ,,,,,,

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coliseum. big delays towards downtown. that's traffic. for more on your wet forecast, here's lawrence. >> stormy around the bay area, gusty winds to go along with the raindrops. let's take you to ocean beach right now. it's a wet start to the day. some very gusty winds, high wind warnings continuing along the coastline until 11:00 this morning. could see some gusts there 55 to 65 miles per hour. look at that line of storms just off the coastline. that is going to be pushing onshore. we have seen some lightning strikes embedded in that system so watch for that one closely. still plenty of rain in the south bay, as well. rain will be on and off it will be heavy at times and then by the afternoon starts to settle down. more storms though lining up. ,,,,,,,, ♪

♪ welcome back to cbs "this morning" from washington.

you've heard nor rain, sleet nor snow can stop the mail but money troubles could. the u.s. postal service reported a loss last week of almost $16 billion. >> that's nearly three times higher than the year before. post master general patrick donahoe is asking congress to act now or maybe no christmas cards next year. he joins us now. welcome. explain this to me. you're running out of money. where do you get your money. how are you spending your money? what's the problem here? >> first of all, i think most people don't realize we're 100% self-sufficient. that may not sound good when you lose the money you're losing. >> self-sufficient means what? >> we pay our own way. we take no tax money. what we operate on, what comes in the door in terms of revenue, stamps and packages. the situation is this. we have two major issues that we're facing. number one volume has dropped. people pay their bills online. we lost about 25% of our volume in the last five years. now our people have done a nice

job taking costs to balance that out. the other issue we're faced with is we're required by law to prefund retirement health care for people who haven't retired to the tune of $5.5 billion a year. that's what's hurting us. a volume drop, we've not been able to make this payment. >> you going cut saturday delivery >> we're asking congress to act right now. number one, we need to refinance the payment for the retiree health benefits. we're not asking to get dig out from under, but rather than pay 5.5 billion a year we should pay a billion. second thing we want to eliminate saturday delivery of mail not package, just mail. post offices would be open on saturday. >> why not privatize? >> it's been considered. a lot of discussion over the years over privatization. the major issue that a private company would face is delivering

to places that we deliver. we're required by law to provide universal service. >> people will say fedex and u.p.s. do it? >> they do. they are great companies. but there are many parts of the country that fedex and u.p.s. don't deliver but maybe two times a week. if we had the flexibility to change delivery schedules we would make money to. >> a lot of businesses say a loss of $15.9 billion is inexcusable. you can't run a company like that loss. how can you still be in business. >> ye >> we're not asking for money. we're asking congress to let us move away from the payment. we want to change our profit and loss by $8 billion. we would be profitable and be profitable for a number of years. >> if you did what? month make those two changes. change the payment schedule on the pre-funding and eliminate saturday delivery.

>> are there other sources of revenue? >> our package volume is growing at a 10% year-on-year rate. we sent out a couple of weeks ago, we'll be starting in san francisco area a new product called metro post, same day delivery. you order online by 2:00 we'll deliver by 8:00 at night. we know we can grow. >> you can compete with federal express. >> we can compete and we work with federal express. federal express is our fourth largest customer. we deliver a substantial amount of their product to the home especially in suburban and rural areas. >> will you have to close local post offices. a lot of people love their local post offices. >> we're in the process of doing something called the post plan. we have 26,000 post offices across the country. we're changing about 13,000, half of them to part time hours. that keeps them open. keeps the town's identity. the zip code, no change there. we can do a lot more efficiently. there's no reason to have a place open eight hours a day if you have an hour's worth of

business. >> by the end of 2013 will you have to reduce your workforce? >> we have reduced our workforce by 280,000 people over the last ten years. 35%, we're in the process right now of another 40,000. our people do a tremendous job. they are very efficient. what we're face is our own fiscal cliff. we need doing act now in this lame duck session. it's hard. all the fiscal cliff, hey talk about us a little bit. we have our own fiscal cliff. if they act now we'll get this whole thing behind us and we can be profitable and focus on growing the postal business. >> thank you. good to have you here. you don't often hear a supreme court justice tell americans to get over it. antonin calia said that about the bush-gore election. [ laughter ] [ girl ] wow, you guys have it easy.

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over thanksgiving, vice president joe biden took part in the annual cold turkey plunge fundraiser by jumping into the ocean. in fact the water was so cold when biden came out he was ba babbling couherently. >> turning to the justice of supreme court, justice antonin scalia has spent 26 years as a conservative leader of the supreme court. he talked about some of the court's most controversial rulings including the decision in june of the president's health care act. >> how about the ruling on obama care as we know it today? is that hard? >> it was hard in one respect. the hard question was the

commerce clause question. i don't think the tax question was a hard question. the commerce clause question was. i could have seen that coming up the other way. but to be in the majority on that, on the tax question, i would never have guessed. >> i mean, i was totally surprised by the tax aspect of it. tell me about it. [ laughter ] it came out of left field for people or right field. which was it? >> it was a tax for one purpose but not for another purpose. water over the dam. >> i say that. you said to people about bush versus gore. get over it. >> get over it. >> yet it decided a presidential election. >> some court was going to

decide it. >> you blame gore because he brought the case in florida. >> he wanted judges to decide it. judges decided it. what choice did we have? >> you have no regret about that, do you >> about that case? easy. >> why was it so easy? >> look, on the principle -- >> you stopped the florida courts? >> yes. on the principle question of whether the florida courts violated the constitution. the vote was 7-2. it wasn't even close. the only issue that was 5-4 was whether we should put an end to this nonsense and immediately decide the case or give them another couple of weeks while the whole world was laughing at us and we couldn't -- >> because the country couldn't decide who was president. >> we couldn't have a transition team. >> that's what people think, that's a political decision.

they think it was a political decision because the politics of the country made you do it the way you did it. the court decided in the interest of the national, in the national interest they got to get this over with. >> the remedy for a case is always subject to the court's discretion. and always depends upon the realities on the ground. not the law. but what the remedy will be. whether you tell them not to do it immediately, give it another two weeks. it's an issue of practicality. >> do you believe the huns is well served by the supreme court that it has? >> there's an old line about the british stiff upper lip, you know. it's the only law we got. i could say that about the supreme court. it's the only supreme court we got, you know.

yes, i think. >> yes? >> yes. >> in other words, look -- >> given -- >> given what? >> given the philosophies of the judges, i think they are honest men and women and i think they decide the case fairly and honestly according to their like. >> but assess your own performance so far for me? i mean by that -- >> you want me to grade it? >> yes, i want you to grade it. >> i don't want to give myself any more -- >> he said that to me. >> did he? >> you ask this question? >> i go around and ask people this all the time. i'm serious, though. have you had the impact that you believed you would have liked to have? the answer has to be no. >> well depends on what you mean by the impact. >> the impact is you would like everybody to see it your way. >> but that doesn't happen. >> you know, a delightful

person, you know. this debate he believes in about what he called originalism is an ongoing debate. he's a fascinating, interesting guy who loves the exchange of ideas and his good friend on the court is ruth bader ginsberg. >> what did he say about that whether he's achieved what he wanted to. he wanted to be chief justice. >> he rather win this argument that he believes in. he thinks he's made some progress on that but it has a bit to go. for example he pointed out there are now three professors on the harvard law cool where he went to law school who now believe in the principles he believes in. >> what about on obama care or health care. he didn't say whether he felt like chief justice john roberts had, you know, surprised some of them on the court. >> i think the tax argument as he suggested was not an argument he would prefer to see. but the commerce clause is

important because the commerce clause opened itself up in terms of what justice roberts wrote to future questions of the same kind. >> speaking commerce we'll talk to jose andres, one of washington's best known chefs. we'll tell us how food affects everything from the economy to national security. that's right when cbs "this morning" continues. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,

hostess will be no more. oh, no! where will i go now for my stomachaches and self-medication? what could have destroyed this beloved american diabetes dispensary? >> the unions really did it in. >> they couldn't afford to stay in business during a long workers strike. >> the union preferred killing the company to accepting what they call was a bad deal.

>> you got to imagine gingrich is taking this hard. he is, after all, half sno ball on his father's side. >> we have an update on the story from yesterday. we just learned the united states golf association wants to make long putters illegal. three of the last five grand slam titles were won by golfers using long putters. that rests against the body. the ban would go into effect in 2016. >> that's a big development now. we've also got here world renowned chef jose andres. he's a well-known advocate for better health and nutrition. time magazine just named him one of the year's 100 most influential people. >> this is a big deal. he's also taken on a new position. he is dean of spanish studies at the international culinary center. chef andres, welcome. >> very happy to be here. >> congratulations. this is something. one of the most 100 influential people by "time" magazine.

>> i see that by "time" honoring chefs, what they are really saying is chefs are here to stay. >> they've been here for a long, long time. >> they're here to stay. we're talking about more issues than what's happening at the restaurants. >> it's changing in the sense that it's not only about food it's about health. >> it's about health. it's about diplomacy. secretary clinton three months ago, she created the chef diplomatic corps, why she's doing this. she believes in smart diplomacy. she believes she has to be using everything in her reach. >> food as a diplomatic weapon. >> you got it. >> you will see her lobbying in congress to try to change the farm bill. or you will have them doing a hunger documentary to bring issues of hunger in america and coming to congress to also know. or you'll see a guy like me

coming to the white house to cook where, in this case, i did the historic all-american menu showing the power of american food and support in louisiana fishermen that they need help to come back to business. >> nora loves chefs, by the way. >> she has one of the great chefs of her own. >> literally, i love him. >> the chef you know is a good guy? >> exactly. and he's a big fan of yours and all that you do. now we can call you professor. not just chef, but professor. you're teaching, of course. you've been doing this. you're teaching at george washington university, and it's called "the world on a plate. how food shapes civilization." talk about that. really you learn so much about history through food. >> i believe we have to be bringing food issues forward, and washington is the right place. at george washington, we're going to do only that. we're going to connect food with everything -- history, science, national security. so many issues where food is present in today's world, and we

don't think that way. we need to start bringing food issues forward. >> what's the food capital of the world now? it might have been paris. it might have been somewhere else, some say new york. where is it? >> i believe the food capital will be barcelona. i come from there, but my friend and mentor -- and you know him well -- sir ron aldria. >> he's at harvard teaching now. he's not cooking. >> i'm teaching at harvard too. still he has influence, hundreds of young chefs. barcelona, you go, and you will see the food capital of the world. >> what is it you mentioned national security in food. draw that connection for people who may not see it. >> for example, two years ago we had over 60 retired admirals and generals. they created an organization. they call it mission readiness. they are telling congress we need to start investing in food in the schools to start feeding

children better, or the obesity rate in america, youngsters is going to be so high that the military isn't going to have enough americans to join the army. that's a national security issue. >> most people say to me, when you talk about food, we eat too much. we should enjoy good food, and it ought to be quality food, but we need to eat about half of what we do. >> i'm a perfect example. i go talking about obesity, and i'm, i would say, obese myself. this is not the way to go. we need to start investing, not in the health care, when we become 60 and we are very unhealthy because of these issues. we need precisely to start investing money at the beginning in the school level, when children are young. not only feeding them the right foods, but also making sure that they are aware of what foods and how they have to behave. so, yeah, we overeat for many reasons. but one way to fight obesity will be making sure that we teach everybody that they have to make the right decisions on their own. >> it's not a problem norah has.

>> that's why jeff and i wrote a book about making baby food. making baby food and eating healthy from a very early age, the importance of doing that. do you think more people are can kooi cooking at home or getting away from cooking at home and eating more fast foods, packaged foods, et cetera? >> i am a chef. i own a restaurant. i want people to eat out. but we have people cooking at home because i need them to understand it's a beautiful family thing. i want to make a point here. fast food is very often blamed for many of the issues we face, obesity. i cannot blame only fast food restaurants. we have to bring the responsibility to everybody, to every one of us. >> excellent point. >> one last question. when you think about the kind of meal that we ought to be preparing, what ought we be thinking about? >> listen to me. i believe that meat is overrated -- and i love meat. i love a thick steak. but we need to start bringing

march fruits, more vegetables. we need to really be supporting those as more farmers all around the country, and this is a great way to be healthy. more fruits and vegetables in your diet, and you'll see how obesity, for example, will be something of the past. >> imagine a person simply give up on bread and pasta or reduce it, and all of a sudden over a period of months, six or seven months, remarkably look better and feel better. >> i'm not diabetic myself, charlie. i love bread. but the issue of hunger and the issue of obesity is big. >> great to see you in your ,,,,

>> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald good morning, it's 8:55. i'm michelle griego with your cbs 5 headlines. the latest storm system brought in rain and wind to the bay area overnight. the national weather service says winds will pick up to 45

miles per hour with gusts up to 65. probably the biggest weather problem is at sfo. some arrivals are delayed by more than 3 hours. and new this morning, a four-month-old baby was inside a gilroy home during a drive-by shooting. police say gangs may be behind the violence. someone fired at a home on glenview drive just after midnight. there were eight people in the home during the shooting. the teen accused of a deadly crime spree in san jose will be tried as an adult. adonis muldrow will be in court this afternoon facing 8 felony counties including murder and attempted murder of a peace officer facing 8 felony counts. police say he and an accomplice ranked banks and businesses before killing rory parkpettiford. lawrence karnow has the forecast. >> a stormy day around the bay area hi-def doppler working overtime. our mount vaca cam boy, we are clouded in there.

some rain on the lens. and plenty more to come. in fact, hi-def doppler showing some very strong storms now off the coastline, marin, sonoma county, watch out. you have some strong storms headed in your direction. rainfall will continue on and off throughout the morning then taper off to showers by the afternoon. maybe some showers on thursday but rain coming our way again heavy storms thursday night and into friday. we are going to check your "timesaver traffic" coming up next. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,

we still have a number of hot spots across the bay area super slick across the san mateo bridge. we have been seeing extra backups as well as a high wind advisory still in effect. to the nimitz, in the east bay, 880 you can see that wind jammed up solid as you head up towards downtown oakland. and still getting flooding reports in both directions of 101 near sir francis drake. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com ,,,,,,

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